Digital marketers are overwhelmingly rejecting the use of buy buttons on social media platforms, and for good reason: 72% of businesses say that they have seen no sales as a result of buy buttons in ...

Look out, Pinterest users. The startup’s about to make it really easy for you to splash the cash on stuff that catches your eye on the site San Francisco-based Pinterest confirmed on Tuesday it’s ...

As consumers, we all sense the shift. Digital content has moved us into a world dominated by subscriptions and cloud‑based access, where we own fewer things outright. Whether it’s movies, books, music ...

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Amazon.com, the online retailing giant with a fast-rising share of the consumer book market, has adopted the literary equivalent of a nuclear option for rebellious publishers who balk at its demands.

We are heading toward a future where Instagram and Facebook could be amongst the largest retailers online. Their new focus on enabling transactions is likely to solve one of retail’s biggest problems: ...

Twitter dives into social-media fueled shopping with a "Buy" button that lets consumers purchase goods without leaving its site. Donna Tam covers Amazon and other fun stuff for CNET News. She is a San ...

Apple is facing a new class-action lawsuit in the Western District of New York alleging that its use of the “buy” button is “false and misleading.” The suit claims that when Apple offers consumers the ...

Google is replacing the Play Store’s one-tap buy button with a new “Slide to buy” gesture. The update aims to reduce accidental purchases by requiring a more ...

Social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram all have taken a further dip into online commerce over the past year, with each company announcing that buy buttons will be ...